XNAS · Discount Stores
Last stored close · Nov 10, 2026
Close · Nov 10, 2026
$1,066.140.00%
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TickerWhale Score
46/100
Moderate
Score components
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Costco Wholesale scores 46 out of 100 overall, which we rate moderate. Technical is its strongest area and Valuation its weakest.
What helps
- Technical
- Risk
What to watch
- Quality & growth
- Valuation
- Sentiment Signal
Quality & growth
30%26Weak
- Revenue growth 10.1%
- EPS growth 14.0%
Valuation
25%10Weak
- P/E 51.3
- EV/Sales 1.5
Founded in 1983, Costco Wholesale now operates a global chain of membership-based warehouse clubs, delivering high-quality goods and services at consistently low prices. As of its most recent fiscal year, Costco operated approximately 910 warehouses, serving more than 80 million members across its three geographic segments: Costco US (approximately 73% of total revenue), Costco Canada (13%), and Costco International (14%).Costco's core value proposition—quality products at unbeatable prices—has yielded consistently strong member renewal rates (93% in the US and Canada and nearly 90% internationally). About 55% of Costco's fiscal 2025 revenue came from its grocery offerings, and another 25% from general merchandise.
#21 by market cap in our coverage · ~341,000 employees · Listed 1982-03-02 · www.costco.com
Price history
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Market intelligence
Peer position
#39 / 54sector rank by TickerWhale Score
TickerWhale Score 46 vs sector average 52.6 (-6.6)
Revenue growth (industry)Top 38%
Gross margin (industry)Top 100%
Return on equity (industry)Top 38%
P/E (industry)Pricier than 88%
Technical analysis
our read · what classic indicators sayTickerWhale technical read
91/100Strong vs universe
Ranks 91st of 100 covered names on our technical composite — the composite itself scores 81/100 · 25% of the TickerWhale Score
Classic chart indicators
Buy
5 buy · 2 sell · 1 neutral of 8 votes
TickerWhale rates COST's technical setup strong — 91st percentile of the covered universe. Classic chart indicators lean buy, pointing the same way.
Moving averages
9 / 9constructive
- vs 200-day+9.5%
- vs 50-day+11.4%
Momentum
Mixed
- RSI (14)70 · neutral
- Stochasticsell
- CCIbuy
- Williams %Rsell
Trend
Constructive
- ADX (14) trend strength56· trending
- MACD (12,26,9)buy(histogram 4.407)
How the classic verdict is reached
Moving averages (9) agree on buy — 9 buy vs 0 sell — and carry one vote between them.
Oscillators (7) vote individually: 4 buy · 2 sell · 1 neutral.
Result — 5 buy vs 2 sell of 8 votes = Buy. Neutral votes never decide the verdict.
Fundamentals & valuation
2026-11-10 · revised_latestValuation multiples
- P/E (TTM)51.3
- P/S (TTM)1.6
- P/B13.2
- EV/EBITDA—
- EV/Sales1.5
- PEG3.67
Profitability & returns
- Gross margin12.8%
- Net margin3.0%
- ROE26.6%
- Debt/Equity0.17
Growth
- Revenue growth (YoY)10.1%
- EPS growth (YoY)14.0%
Green favourable · red stretched — multiples and D/E vs industry peers, margins and growth vs absolute thresholds.
Market capitalisation — $473.7B
Fundamentals history
Reported statement totals across recent periods.
| Metric | Aug '25 | Sep '24 | Sep '23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $275.2B | $254.5B | $242.3B |
| Gross profit | $35.3B | $32.1B | $29.7B |
| Operating income | $10.4B | $9.3B | $8.1B |
| Net income | $8.1B | $7.4B | $6.3B |
| EPS (diluted) | $18.21 | $16.56 | $14.16 |
| Free cash flow | $7.8B | $6.6B | $6.7B |
| Cash | $14.2B | $9.9B | $13.7B |
| Total debt | $8.2B | $8.2B | $8.9B |
| Equity | $29.2B | $23.6B | $25.1B |
| Net debt | -$6.0B | -$1.7B | -$4.8B |
| Debt / equity | 0.28 | 0.35 | 0.35 |
| Liabilities / assets | 0.62 | 0.66 | 0.64 |
Fundamentals are stored revised/latest (ADR-009): each period reflects the most recent vendor refresh, NOT point-in-time as-reported values. Do not use this series to claim what was known on a past date.
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Peers
| Company | Score | Pulse | P/E | P/E fwd | P/B | EV/Sales | Price | Chg | Estimate | Upside | Rev. gr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COSTCurrentCostco Wholesale | 46 | 81 | 51.3 | — | 13.2 | 1.5 | $1,066.14 | 0.00% | +10.1% | ||
| KOCoca-Cola Company | 71 | 87 | 29.2 | — | 11.6 | 8.9 | $96.91 | +0.92% | +6.5% | ||
| OLLIOllies Bargain Outlet Holdings | 70 | 70 | 21.0 | — | 3.0 | 2.0 | $95.30 | +0.52% | +14.4% | ||
| IPARInter Parfums | 69 | 88 | 25.9 | — | 5.0 | 2.9 | $135.56 | -0.44% | +2.9% | ||
| DGDollar General | 68 | 75 | 17.9 | — | 3.3 | 0.8 | $137.31 | +0.46% | +4.8% | ||
| DLTRDollar Tree | 68 | 78 | 16.7 | — | 7.8 | 1.4 | $140.83 | +2.62% | +8.2% |
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